All these four criminal revision petitions are against the common judgment in Criminal Appeal Nos.1457, 1458, 1459 and 1460 of 2005 dated 6-4-2006, confirming the conviction of the petitioner-accused for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [for short, the Act], by the common judgment dated 20-10-2005 in CC Nos 5074, 4719, 4987 and 4760 of 1998 respectively, on the file of XVI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore and the consequent sentence imposed on him.

2. Heard Sri Rameshchandra, learned counsel for the petitioner-accused on merits and examined the records of the lower court.

3. The contextual facts which require reference for appreciation of the points arisen in these appeals are that:

The respondent-complainant initiated proceedings against the petitioner-accused through her private complaints in CC Nos.5074, 4719, 4987 and 4760 of 1998, on the premise that she had lent money to the petitioner-accused as loan on various dates beginning from 5-6-1994 till 14-9-1996, the particulars of which are as under:

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Date

Amount

5/6/94 Rs.20,000 2 10/5/95 Rs.30,000 3 10/8/95 Rs.30,000 4 12/2/96 Rs.15,000 5 27/2/96